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Special Event:
2017 North Korean nuclear test

Posted:
2017-09-03
Last updated:
2018-09-26

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On 2017-09-03 at 03:30:01 UTC, a magnitude 6.3 event was recorded in North Korea. Preliminary results suggests that a nuclear test took place.

[Esteban J. Chaves, University of California, Santa Cruz] The relative source time function at
stations MDJ and INCN computed for the North Korean nuclear test.

[Yang Shen, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island]
Determination of the source locations of the recent tests based on modeling
seismic waves scattered by surface topography.

[Lianxing Wen’s Group, U of Science & Technology of China] Map showing North Korea’s
2017/09/03 and 2016/09/09 nuclear test sites (red star), seismic stations (triangles) that
recorded high-quality waveforms for both tests, and observed vertical components of seismic
waveforms. Seismic waveforms are self-normalized and labeled with station names and the year
of the test.

[Kasey Aderhold, IRIS] Comparison plot of the six most recent and largest North Korea tests,
with amplitudes both normalized and not normalized.Maps shows the locations of the tests
and the test site relative to the seismic station.

[Andy Frassetto, IRIS] The M6.3 seismic event (nuclear/H-bomb? explosion)
in North Korea recorded at nearby seismometer compared to their last nuclear test (M5.3).

[The The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization,CTBTO] The
atmospheric transport simulation based on the hypothesis that a release of radionuclides
occurred immediately and continuously from the location of the seismic detection (*animatedGIF*, click on image to replay).

[Zhigang Peng, Georgia Tech] Seismic Sound video for the 2017 M6.3 North Korean Nuclear test
and subsequent M4.6 collapse event at station MDJ (click on the image to download).